Press Service Announcements

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key, congratulating him on the 65th anniversary of the establishing of diplomatic relations between Russia and New Zealand

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appointed Sergei Korolyov Deputy Minister of Agriculture

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs Executive Order on the Establishment of the Organising Committee to Prepare and Hold the 2011 Celebrations of the 50th Anniversary of Yury Gagarin’s Space Flight, and on Approving the Composition of the Committee

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin relieved Alexander Kozlov from his duties as Deputy Minister of Agriculture due to a new appointment

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signs Executive Order №485-r of April 9, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent birthday greetings to Boris Plotnikov, actor with the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, on his 60th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a complimentary message to the participants in the Cosmonautics Day gala night

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Belarusian Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky on the Day of Unity of the Peoples of Russia and Belarus

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin offers his sincere condolences on the death of renowned actor Yevgeny Vesnik

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

With his Executive Order, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has approved the appointment of First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov as Chairman for Russia of the Russian-Canadian Intergovernmental Economic Commission

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 263 of March 30, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of greetings to the construction workers of a bridge on the Yuribei River

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 392r of March 30, 2009.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will visit Russia on April 9 to 11 at the invitation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 258r of March 30, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to Lars Løkke Rasmussen on his appointment as Danish Prime Minister

Vladimir Putin congratulated piano player Vladimir Kraynev on his 65th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of greetings to Najib Razak, sworn in as Malaysia's new Prime Minister Friday

Vladimir Putin congratulated TV journalist Vladimir Pozner on his 75th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 395r of March 31, 2009 On Amending the Federal Law “On the Federal Budget for 2009 and the Planning Period of 2010-2011.”

The draft of the Anti-Crisis Programme of the Government of the Russian Federation for 2009 was posted on the websites of the Russian Government and of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appoints Alexei Bazhanov Deputy Minister of Agriculture

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order of the Government of the Russian Federation No 447-r of April 2, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin relieves Yury Kukuyev of his duties as Deputy Minister of Agriculture due to retirement

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russia Today television channel, on the occasion of her birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order relieving Dmitry Dmitriyenko, Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Fishery, of his duties in connection with his transfer to another position

Vladimir Putin sent a telegram to the editor-in-chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets, Head of the Moscow Union of Journalists, and member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Pavel Gusev, on his 60th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a resolution appointing Oleg Aldoshin Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

Vladimir Putin appointed Valery Mikhailovich Okulov Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a resolution relieving Stanislav Aleikin of his post as Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation due to the latter’s new appointment

Vladimir Putin approved the composition of the Council for the Development of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Industries of the Russian Government

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to the organisers, participants and guests of events held during the Year of the Russian Language in China

Vladimir Putin relieved Ilya Vadimovich Lomakin-Rumiantsev of his duties as head of the Federal Insurance Supervisory Service, in light of his reappointment to another position

Prime Minister Vldimir Putin signed Resolution No 256 of March 26, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent birthday greetings to Viktor Sadovnichy, rector of Moscow State University, on his 70th birthday

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Resolution No 253 of March 24, 2009

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 262 of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 30, 2009

Vladimir Putin appointed Yury Osintsev Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation in the rank of Secretary of State, and Roman Panov Deputy Minister of Regional Development of the Russian Federation

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Resolution No. 260 of March 30, 2009, On Making Amendments to Government Resolution No. 586 of September 22, 2006, On Restructuring the Debts of the Likhachev Automobile Plant (ZIL)

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order “On the Approval of the Indexation Coefficient of the Estimated Pension Capital of Insured Persons”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Resolution No. 259 of March 30, 2009

Vladimir Putin signed the Executive Order “On the Approval of the Incremental Increase Coefficient of the Insurance Part of the Labour Pension, as of April 1, 2009”

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 417-r of March 31, 2009

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated cultural workers and veteran cultural workers of the Russian Federation on the Cultural Worker’s Day

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order No. 393-r of March 30, 2009, establishing the borders of the Sochi Seaport in the Krasnodar Territory

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order N334 of March 17, 2009